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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which traditional forms of treatment are successful with psychopaths?
(a) Group therapy and client-centered therapy.
(b) Psychoanalysis.
(c) None of them.
(d) Electroshock and psychosurgery.

2. What is a person's best defense against psychopaths?
(a) Alerting the authorities.
(b) Restraining orders.
(c) Compassion for their situation.
(d) Understanding their nature.

3. What did people remember most about Gary Tison, the murderer?
(a) His cold, hard eyes.
(b) His amiable disposition.
(c) His ready laugh.
(d) His interest in them.

4. What is the most heart-wrenching situation involving psychopathy?
(a) When there is a psychopath in your family.
(b) When a psychopath is managing your trust fund.
(c) When a pschopath has deceived you in a romantic relationship.
(d) When a psychopath has taken your money.

5. What did Dr. Jerrold Post predict that Saddam Hussein would do?
(a) Back down from confrontation with the U.S.
(b) Publically apologize.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Escalate the conflict with the U.S.

6. On what basis do parole boards release prisoners?
(a) The offender has promised to do better.
(b) If they believe the offender no longer poses a significant threat to society.
(c) The offender has served a significant portion of his time.
(d) The prisons are overcrowded.

7. Which "special issue" makes the death penalty difficult to decide for those who must judge murderers in Texas?
(a) Did the murderer deliberately seek the death of his victim?
(b) Was there reasonable provocation for the defendant's acts?
(c) Is there a probability that the defendant will commit criminal acts of violence in the future?
(d) Is the murderer mentally competent to stand trial?

8. When is the best period for changing the behavior or psychopaths?
(a) Before adolescence.
(b) In early adulthood, when comprehension is best.
(c) After midlife, when emotions become calmer.
(d) In adolesence, when change is inevitable.

9. Who do psychopaths typically blame when punished for their misconduct?
(a) Society as a whole.
(b) Someone else.
(c) Their intimate friends.
(d) Their parents.

10. What is the author's term for "successful" psychopaths?
(a) Socialized.
(b) Useful.
(c) Subcriminal.
(d) Intelligent.

11. To what does the author compare the psychopath's experience of emotion?
(a) A waterfall.
(b) Color blindness.
(c) Blindness.
(d) A riot.

12. How do psychopaths treat those in positions superior to them?
(a) They ingratiate themselves.
(b) They brutalize them.
(c) They con them.
(d) They mock them.

13. How do psychopaths treat those in positions inferior to them?
(a) They con them.
(b) They mock them.
(c) They ingratiate themselves.
(d) They brutalize them.

14. Why is it important to avoid power struggles with a psychopath?
(a) Their need for dominance causes them to focus on winning.
(b) They will take revenge if you defeat them.
(c) They will always win.
(d) They are smarter than the rest of us.

15. What is oppositional defiant disorder?
(a) Self-contradictory behavior.
(b) Restless, inattentive behavior.
(c) Negative, defiant behavior.
(d) Confused behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a preschool psychopath understand about right and wrong?

2. What do psychopaths often miss?

3. Why did the Australian Supreme Court pronounce Garry David mentally ill?

4. What causes suffering for a psychopath?

5. What is a "desperado junkie"?

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